Suburbs Under Siege: Bec Judd has slammed Labor over crime, now Eddie McGuire wants her to meet with Premier Jacinta Allan

Eddie McGuire is back in the hot seat as he tries to broker peace talks between his outspoken Brighton WAG mate, Bec Judd, and Premier Jacinta Allan, over the state’s crime epidemic.

Eddie McGuire wants to bring together Labor critic and Brighton businesswoman Bec Judd and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to discuss the state’s crime crisis.

Eddie McGuire is trying to broker peace talks between Premier Jacinta Allan and prominent businesswoman Bec Judd.

The Herald Sun can ­reveal the media heavyweight McGuire – who is a close friend of both the Premier and the former AFL WAG turned ­influencer – has tried to set up the pair for a meeting to ­address Ms Judd’s concerns over Victoria’s crime crisis.

Ms Judd has for years been a fierce critic of the Labor government’s handling of Victoria’s crime epidemic, ­repeatedly condemning both Ms Allan and former premier Daniel Andrews over their lack of action to address the scourge.

Earlier this year, Ms Judd told her more than 750,000 Instagram followers that she would “always remember her (Jacinta Allan) as the Premier who made Victoria unsafe”.

Now it can be revealed that McGuire recently reached out to the Premier and suggested that she make contact with the Brighton influencer, who is married to former AFL legend Chris Judd.

Brighton’s Bec Judd. Picture: Danielle Castano

Judd has been a fierce critic of the Victorian Labor government’s handling of crime.

It’s understood that even before McGuire’s intervention, Ms Allan had sounded out her office about whether it would be worth having a conversation with Ms Judd.

Government sources said McGuire had tried to connect the women so that Ms Allan could convey to Ms Judd that her concerns had been heard.

When approached for comment, McGuire, who was chairing SportNXT – a sports business media convention in Melbourne – said he had no comment.

Ms Judd also declined to comment, but said that Wednesday had been “a good day for Victoria”, ­referring to the state government’s ­announcement that it intended to overhaul bail laws.

It comes after the Premier this week issued a rare public apology to Victorians that had been affected by the state’s worsening crime crisis, conceding that her decision to water down bail laws in October 2023 had been a mistake.

“I do acknowledge that we got it wrong,” she said.

The Herald Sun’s Suburbs Under Siege campaign was a key driver in forcing the government to make radical changes to bail, which would now make it harder for the courts to free youth and adult offenders.

Former Pies president Eddie McGuire has sought to bring Judd and Premier Jacinta Allan together. Picture: Getty

In 2022, former premier Andrews was accused of victim-blaming Ms Judd after she sounded the alarm about feeling unsafe following a spate of crime by gangs of youths in and around Brighton.

Mr Andrews shot down the mother of four’s concerns by saying that statistics would not support her “sweeping ­assessments about patterns of crime”.

This week, Ms Judd shared a screenshot of a 2022 article when Mr Andrews dismissed her crime concerns, adding the caption: “Gee, this aged well”.

“Imagine the lives that could’ve been saved. Imagine the terror experienced by so many Vic­torians that could’ve been stopped if the Dictator (sic) had acted when I called this out,” she wrote.

One of Bec Judd’s many social media posts slamming the government’s handling of crime.

Power couple Chris and Bec Judd. Picture: Michael Klein

“Today Jacinta Allan has announced the toughest bail laws in the country. Yes, it is too late for so many, but it is a start.”

In January this year, Ms Judd unleashed a blistering attack on the state government, warning “Jacinta Allan will lose the election because of her government’s lack of action on spiralling youth crime (among other things)”.

In July last year, Ms Judd demanded answers about the state’s legal system after claiming Victorians were angry about violent offenders walking free from courtrooms, citing the example of how one of the youths ­involved in the kidnapping of Glen Eira College student Benjamin Phikhohpoom had pleaded guilty but gone free.

Ms Allan’s office was contacted for comment.